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Calendar No. 707 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3926 

[Report No. 118–301] 

To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to 

USAspending.gov, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 12, 2024 

Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction 

agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Secret Spending 

3 Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT REPORTING. 

5 (a) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS.—Section 

6 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans7 parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘and 

9 delivery orders’’ and inserting ‘‘delivery orders, and 

10 other transaction agreements’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (7)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(i)’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

15 ‘‘(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(ii)’’. 

16 (b) DATA STANDARDS.—Section 4 of the Federal 

17 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 

18 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT IDENTI21 FIERS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact22 ment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, the Sec23 retary shall create a unique identifier for data relating to 

24 other transaction agreements made available on the 

25 website established under section 2.’’. 


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1 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON UNREPORTED FUNDING.— 

2 Section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

3 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 

7 of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post 

8 to the website established under this section a report that 

9 includes— 

10 ‘‘(1) the total amount of Federal spending on 

11 Federal awards, data for which has not been posted 

12 to the website; and 

13 ‘‘(2) with respect to the Federal spending de14 scribed in paragraph (1)— 

15 ‘‘(A) the categories of the Federal spend16 ing; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the reason data on the Federal 

18 spending has not been posted to the website, in19 cluding whether the Federal spending was— 

20 ‘‘(i) national security-related or classi21 fied; 

22 ‘‘(ii) a grant or contract awarded or 

23 entered into by a legislative or judicial 

24 branch agency; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) a subaward below a primary 

2 subaward.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 

4 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.—Section 6(a) of 

5 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

6 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by striking 

7 paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(2) DEADLINES.—The Inspector General of 

9 each Federal agency shall submit to Congress and 

10 make publicly available a report described in para11 graph (1)(B)— 

12 ‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 

13 of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 

14 of 2024; and 

15 ‘‘(B) on the same date as the Inspector 

16 General of each Federal agency submits the 

17 second and fourth reports required under sec18 tions 3521(f) and 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United 

19 States Code following the date of the report 

20 submitted under subparagraph (A); and.’’. 

21 (b) FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Federal 

23 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

24 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

25 (A) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (i) paragraph (1), in the matter pre2 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 

3 Federal agency or component of a Federal 

4 agency’’and inserting ‘‘a Federal agency or 

5 a component of a Federal agency included 

6 on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)’’; 

7 and 

8 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

9 ‘‘to be posted’’ and inserting ‘‘to be posted 

10 by a Federal agency or a component of a 

11 Federal agency included on the list posted 

12 under subsection (e)(2)’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(c) QUALITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary and 

15 the Director, in consultation with the heads of Federal 

16 agencies, shall ensure that the information to be posted 

17 under subsection (b) that is posted by a Federal agency 

18 or component of a Federal agency is complete and accu19 rate. 

20 ‘‘(d) DISPLAY STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in con21 sultation with the Director, shall ensure that the heads 

22 of Federal agencies that post information under sub23 section (b) comply with display standards established by 

24 the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(e) AGENCY REPORTING DETERMINATION.—Not 

2 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop 

3 Secret Spending Act of 2024, and not less frequently than 

4 once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordina5 tion with the Director, shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) assess and make a determination with re7 spect to which Federal agencies and components of 

8 Federal agencies are required to post information 

9 under subsection (b); 

10 ‘‘(2) publish a list of the Federal agencies and 

11 components of Federal agencies determined under 

12 paragraph (1) on the website established under sec13 tion 2(b)(1); and 

14 ‘‘(3) provide to the head and inspector general 

15 of each Federal agency or component of a Federal 

16 agency included on the list published under para17 graph (2) written notice of the inclusion of the Fed18 eral agency or component of a Federal agency on the 

19 list.’’. 

20 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

21 by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect on the date on 

22 which the Secretary publishes the first list under 

23 section 3(e)(2) of the Federal Funding Account24 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 

25 6101 note), as added by paragraph (1). 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Secret Spending 

3 Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT REPORTING. 

5 (a) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS.—Section 

6 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans7 parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (4)(A)— 

9 (A) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(iii) includes other transaction agree13 ments;’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (7)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(i)’’; and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

18 ‘‘(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(ii)’’. 

19 (b) DATA STANDARDS.—Section 4 of the Federal 

20 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

21 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(e) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT DATA.—Not 

24 later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Stop 

25 Secret Spending Act of 2024, the Secretary shall ensure 


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1 that, with respect to the website established under section 

2 2, or any successor website— 

3 ‘‘(1) data relating to other transaction agree4 ments is automatically transmitted to the website; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(2) a centralized view of the data described in 

7 paragraph (1) is available on the website.’’. 

8 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON UNREPORTED FUNDING.— 

9 Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

10 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amend11 ed by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 

14 2024, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post to 

15 the website established under this section a report that in16 cludes— 

17 ‘‘(1) the total amount of Federal spending on 

18 Federal awards for which data has not been posted to 

19 the website; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the reason data on the Federal spending de21 scribed in paragraph (1) has not been posted to the 

22 website, including whether the Federal spending 

23 was— 

24 ‘‘(A) national security-related or classified; 


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1 ‘‘(B) a grant or contract awarded or entered 

2 into by a legislative or judicial branch agency; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(C) a subaward below a primary 

5 subaward.’’. 

6 (d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

7 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 (A) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 

9 means the Director of the Office of Management 

10 and Budget. 

11 (B) RELEVANT AGENCY.—The term ‘‘rel12 evant agency’’ means a Federal agency (as de13 fined in section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Ac14 countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

15 U.S.C. 6101 note)) that has the authority to 

16 enter into an other transaction agreement, as de17 termined by the Director. 

18 (C) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

19 means the Secretary of the Treasury. 

20 (D) USASPENDING.GOV.—The term 

21 ‘‘USAspending.gov’’ means the website estab22 lished under section 2 of the Federal Funding 

23 Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 

24 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 


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1 (2) INITIAL COMPILATION.—If the Secretary has 

2 not yet complied with subsection (e) of section 4 of the 

3 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

4 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as added by this 

5 section, by the date that is 1 year after the date of 

6 enactment of this Act, not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in co8 ordination with the Director and the heads of relevant 

9 agencies, shall publish on USAspending.gov a report 

10 that lists and includes a detailed description of all 

11 other transaction agreements entered into by the rel12 evant agencies for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 

13 year during which the report is published. 

14 (3) PLAN.—If the Secretary has not yet complied 

15 with subsection (e) of section 4 of the Federal Fund16 ing Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

17 U.S.C. 6101 note), as added by this section, by the 

18 date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the 

21 Director and the heads of relevant agencies, shall sub22 mit to Congress a plan that includes— 

23 (A) the status of including data relating to 

24 other transaction agreements on 

25 USAspending.gov; and 


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1 (B) actions underway and planned to en2 sure that the data described in subparagraph (A) 

3 is fully incorporated into USAspending.gov by 

4 the date that is 3 years after the date of enact5 ment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 

7 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.—Section 6(a) of 

8 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 

9 of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

12 (A), by striking ‘‘each Federal agency’’ and in13 serting ‘‘each agency described in paragraphs (1) 

14 and (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United 

15 States Code’’; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Fed17 eral agency’’ and inserting ‘‘agency’’; and 

18 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Fed19 eral agency’’ and inserting ‘‘agency’’; and 

20 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(2) DEADLINES.—The inspector general of each 

23 agency described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 

24 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall submit to 


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1 Congress and make publicly available a report de2 scribed in paragraph (1)(B)— 

3 ‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 

4 enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 

5 2024; and 

6 ‘‘(B) not less than frequently than once 

7 every 2 years after the date described in sub8 paragraph (A) until the date that is 10 years 

9 after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret 

10 Spending Act of 2024 on the date of submission 

11 of the report required under section 3521(f) or 

12 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for 

13 the applicable fiscal year.’’. 

14 (b) FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Federal 

16 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

17 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

18 (A) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) paragraph (1), in the matter pre20 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 

21 Federal agency or component of a Federal 

22 agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal agency or 

23 a component of a Federal agency included 

24 on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)’’; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter 

2 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘to be post3 ed’’ and inserting ‘‘to be posted by a Fed4 eral agency or a component of a Federal 

5 agency included on the list posted under 

6 subsection (e)(2)’’; and 

7 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(c) QUALITY OF INFORMATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Direc10 tor, in consultation with the heads of Federal agen11 cies, shall establish requirements to ensure that the in12 formation to be posted under subsection (b) that is 

13 posted by a Federal agency or component of a Federal 

14 agency is complete and accurate. 

15 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.—The 

16 head of each Federal agency or component of a Fed17 eral agency posting data under subsection (b) shall 

18 ensure that the data is complete and accurate. 

19 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY TO VERIFY ACCURACY.—The 

20 Secretary and the Director may verify that the data 

21 posted under subsection (b) by a Federal agency or 

22 component of a Federal agency are complete, accu23 rate, and consistent. 

24 ‘‘(d) DISPLAY STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in con25 sultation with the Director, shall ensure that the heads of 


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1 Federal agencies that post information under subsection (b) 

2 comply with display standards established by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(e) AGENCY REPORTING DETERMINATION.—Not later 

4 than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret 

5 Spending Act of 2024, and not less frequently than once 

6 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with 

7 the Director, shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) assess and make a determination with re9 spect to which Federal agencies and components of 

10 Federal agencies are required to post information 

11 under subsection (b); 

12 ‘‘(2) publish a list of the Federal agencies and 

13 components of Federal agencies determined under 

14 paragraph (1) on the website established under section 

15 2(b)(1); and 

16 ‘‘(3) provide to the head and inspector general of 

17 each Federal agency or component of a Federal agen18 cy included on the list published under paragraph (2) 

19 written notice of the inclusion of the Federal agency 

20 or component of a Federal agency on the list.’’. 

21 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

22 by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect on the date on 

23 which the Secretary publishes the first list under sec24 tion 3(e)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability 


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1 and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), 

2 as added by paragraph (1). 

3 SEC. 4. GAO REPORT. 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

5 this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

6 make recommendations for any updates the Comptroller 

7 General of the United States determines advisable to clause 

8 52.204.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation with re9 spect to incorporating requirements under the Federal 

10 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

11 U.S.C. 6101 note). 


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Calendar No. 707 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3926 

[Report No. 118–301] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and 

D

USAspending.gov, and for other purposes. transaction agreements are reported to Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other 

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